Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficient and summary statistics for the states’ model-based SAE and direct BRFSS 2012 smoking levels estimates for the total population and by gender

		Prevalence estimate, %
Smoking level	ρa	Minimum	Lower quartile	Median	Upper quartile	Maximum	Inter quartile range	Overall range
Current smoker
All	0.947
Model		9.64	17.08	18.71	20.28	24.81	3.19	15.17
BRFSS12		10.56	17.33	19.62	22.53	28.29	5.20	17.73
Males	0.908
Model		11.24	19.40	21.25	22.90	27.79	3.49	16.56
BRFSS12		11.92	19.48	21.62	24.57	30.60	5.09	18.67
Females	0.930
Model		8.05	14.86	16.27	17.86	21.96	3.00	13.91
BRFSS12		9.21	15.66	17.44	19.68	27.61	4.02	18.40
Every day smoker
All	0.961
Model		6.75	11.72	12.94	14.36	20.38	2.64	13.63
BRFSS12		7.20	11.92	13.54	15.92	23.98	4.01	16.79
Males	0.919
Model		7.92	13.31	14.72	16.32	22.91	3.01	14.99
BRFSS12		7.88	13.17	15.04	17.48	25.19	4.31	17.31
Females	0.957
Model		5.59	10.15	11.27	12.55	17.96	2.40	12.37
BRFSS12		6.23	10.77	12.85	14.32	23.45	3.54	17.22
Some days smoker
All	0.908
Model		2.89	5.01	5.48	5.92	7.39	0.90	4.50
BRFSS12		3.36	5.10	5.67	6.25	8.21	1.15	4.85
Males	0.871
Model		3.32	5.61	6.09	6.62	8.28	1.01	4.96
BRFSS12		4.05	6.43	6.30	7.11	9.28	1.69	5.23
Females	0.816
Model		2.46	4.50	4.90	5.31	6.61	0.81	4.15
BRFSS12		2.68	4.60	4.93	5.37	7.27	0.77	4.59
Former smoker
All	0.982
Model		15.30	23.22	24.34	25.67	30.62	2.44	15.31
BRFSS12		16.52	23.93	25.24	26.89	31.57	2.95	15.05
Males	0.874
Model		18.26	26.42	27.83	29.46	34.86	3.03	16.60
BRFSS12		20.85	27.35	28.84	29.85	33.24	2.49	12.39
Females	0.946
Model		12.38	19.98	20.84	22.17	26.74	2.19	14.36
BRFSS12		12.27	20.40	21.57	23.52	30.26	3.12	17.99
Ever smoker
All	0.958
Model		24.94	41.52	43.51	45.58	49.72	4.06	24.78
BRFSS12		27.08	43.01	45.62	47.64	53.75	4.63	26.67
Males	0.857
Model		29.50	47.60	49.49	51.69	55.88	4.10	26.39
BRFSS12		32.77	48.55	51.01	52.93	60.64	4.39	27.86
Females	0.947
Model		20.44	35.90	37.81	39.79	43.85	3.89	23.41
BRFSS12		21.48	37.31	40.46	42.58	48.22	5.28	26.74
Never smoker
All	0.958
Model		50.28	54.42	56.49	58.48	75.06	4.06	24.78
BRFSS12		46.25	52.36	54.38	56.99	72.92	4.63	26.67
Males	0.857
Model		44.12	48.31	50.51	52.40	70.50	4.10	26.39
BRFSS12		39.36	47.07	48.99	51.45	67.23	4.39	27.86
Females	0.947
Model		56.15	60.21	62.19	64.10	79.56	3.89	23.41
BRFSS12		51.78	57.42	59.34	62.69	78.52	5.28	26.74

^aPearson correlation coefficient for the correlation between model-based SAEs and BRFSS 2012 by smoking status level for the respective total population and by gender.